Monsoon season increases snake encounters in gardens and bushy areas, not just in South Asia but also in the US. While most ...

Reports of their venomous bites have been greatly exaggerated. Only about 15 percent of snakes have harmful venom. The number ...

Costa Rica is home to a remarkable diversity of snake species, with over 130 different types found throughout its lush rainforests, dry savannas, and mountainous regions. These snakes play a crucial ...

Venomous palm pit vipers from Costa Rica, Bothriechis, African bush vipers, Indian pit vipers, Source: Living Zoology, Youtube Evidently palm pit vipers are both dangerous and fascinating animals.

A group of lawyers on Thursday filed suit against Costa Rica, claiming it has violated the rights of dozens of minors deported from the United States by detaining them for nearly two months and by ...

Costa Rica Foreign Minister Arnoldo André Tinoco should use his appearance before the Legislative Assembly on March 19, 2025, to disclose his migration agreement with the United States and ...

Retiring in Costa Rica can have tax benefits, from property tax savings to no inheritance tax for your heirs.

A giant anaconda, a vampire hedgehog, a dwarf squirrel, and a tiger cat were among the new species named by science in 2024. Found from the depths of the Pacific Ocean to the mountaintops of ...

The bushmaster ranges from southern Costa Rica to northern Brazil. Studded like a pineapple, its waxy, glistening scales are pale reddish yellow crossed with diamond-shaped black patches on the ...

(MENAFN- The Rio Times) Costa Rica's government has rekindled its interest in open-pit Gold mining. President Rodrigo Chaves' administration has proposed a plan to legalize large-scale extraction ...

Producer Steve Rankin's pit viper encounter Steve Rankin, one of the producers of Naked and Afraid, was rushed to hospital in 2013 after encountering a venomous Fer-de-Lance snake in Costa Rica. He ...